Jul-28-2018Husband: Robert Abram Gaston Born: Dec- 4-1914 in Lewis Co, WV 1,2 Died: May-11-1981 1,2 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 1 Resided: in Galloway, Franklin Co, OH 2 Resided: 1975 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 3 Father: Wade Compton Gaston (1878 - 1964) Mother: Nannie May Gaston (1889 - 1976)
Wife: Melba Louise Spicer Married: Dec-29-1934 in West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 4 Born: Sep- 8-1917 in Harrison Co, WV 5,2 Died: Apr-23-2005 in Marengo, Morrow Co, OH 6,7 Buried: in Broad Run Baptist Church Cemetery, Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 5,1 Resided: in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 5 Occupation: Gold Circle Department Stores (retired) 5 Father: Orville Spicer Mother: Susan Pratt Notes 5
M Child 1: David Lee Gaston Born: Dec-18-1935 in Duck Creek (West Milford), Harrison Co, WV 8,2 Died: Oct-18-1986 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 8,2 Resided: in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 9,2 Resided: 1955 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 10,11 Occupation: truck driver 8 Wife: Sandra Lee Mitchell b. Apr- 4-1937 d. Jul-18-2013 Also known as: Sandra Lea Mitchell 11 Married: Sep-23-1955 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 11
M Child 2: Living Wife: Living
M Child 3: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Obituary of mother. (4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Robert Gaston, 22, b. Dec 4 1912 in Lewis Co, res. Lost Creek in Harrison Co, son of Wade Compton Gaston & May (Gaston) Gaston; and Melba Louise Spicer, 21, b. Sep 8 1913 in Harrison Co, res. Lost Creek, dau of Orville Spicer & Susan (Pratt) Spicer. Married Dec 29 1934 in West Milford. (Ages and birth dates of both parties appear to have been misstated. Headstone & SSDI entry for Robert Gaston show his birth date as Dec 4 1914, and Melba Spicer Gaston's obituary, headstone and SSDI entry all show her birth date as Sep 8 1917.), MR Bk 51, p. 28. (5) Obituary. (6) Obituary - Nursing home. (7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (8) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (9) Death Record - Online. (10) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1952. (11) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.Name Index